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Burke, who won The X Factor last year, said that she realised that she had made it in the music industry when she met stars such as Timbaland, Beyoncé and Jay-Z.
She told Bang Showbiz: "I started in Jay-Z's studio. Jay-Z is sitting in the corner, chillin', having a conversation with me. I went to the toilet and Timbaland is sitting outside. I'm singing some ad-libs and Beyonce Knowles walks in."
The 21-year-old singer continued: "That's in the first ten days of making the album. It was mental. Mixing with people I'd dreamt of mixing with. Then getting signed to Epic in America. That's nuts. It doesn't fit with me, with my normal life."
Burke added: "I had lived on Caledonian Road in London all my life, and then I'm going for a wee and Timbaland is having a sit down. It's weird."
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